Lunnasting stone

Lunnasting stone

The Lunnasting stone is a stone bearing an ogham inscription, found in Lunnasting, Shetland and donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland in 1876. The Pictish inscription reads:"ettocuhetts ahehhttann hccvvevv nehhtons"containing the personal "Nechton", but otherwise without certain interpretation.

External links

*http://www.shetland-museum.org.uk/collections/archaeology/lunnasting_stone.htm


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